Persist interactive column sorting in dashboard charts for scheduled reports (PDF/email)

What is the problem or goal you're trying to solve or accomplish?

The user wants to click a column header (or otherwise sort) in a table-like chart inside a dashboard, and have the scheduled report output (PDF/email) render the chart using that same sort order.

How are you solving it currently?

They can sort interactively while viewing the dashboard, but the sorting is not persisted. When the report is generated, it uses the chart’s default order (as saved in Explore), so the report does not match what they sorted in the dashboard.

What is your recommended solution?

Allow the sort state to be saved/persisted and applied during report rendering. Examples of acceptable implementations:

• Add a “Default sort” setting for table-like charts (column + direction) that reports honor.

• Or allow dashboard-level sort state to be saved (e.g., “Save dashboard sort state”) and used by scheduled reports.

• Or allow report schedules to specify per-chart sort overrides.